SUICIDE.
>■ MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF. ; ffiy:.Telegraph,~Press Association.-)-,'-. DUNEDIN, Sunday. ■ An elderly man, Harry Dudfield, a' newspaper runner, living at North-East. Valley, committed suicide determinedly' this afternoon. He complained of headache this morning, but went to church, and on his return lay down on a bed and had a cup of tea. His wife and; ' daughter saw "him lying down at 1-15 : pjn., tout five minutes later heard »;. report, and on going into the garden, •found Dudfield lying on the footpath-. The top of 'his skull was blown off, and a fowling-piece was lying beside ;hi*n. Deceased had a grown-up financial or other worries are known.'
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1916, Page 4
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104SUICIDE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1916, Page 4
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